LIGHTHORNE. 



And one wlio rode on a dark ])rowii steed, 



Cleau-jointed, sinewy, spare, 

 Witli the lean "•anie head of the Bhiekh^ek In-cied, 

 And the resohite eye tliat loves the lead, 



And the quarters massive and square. — Lindaaij Gordon. 



CHAPTER XVII. 



SEVERE WINTER OP 1890-1891 GOOD DAY FROM OXHILL 



GORSE THE HONBLE. HARRY BOURKE EINE RUN EROM 



HAN WELL TWO RUNS FROM THE SANDPITS GORSE ON ONE 



DAY — KINETON HORSE SHOW PARLIAMENTARY POINT- 

 TO-POINT RACE DEATH OF CAPTAIN MIDDLETON. 



The winter of 1890-1891 was very severe, and hunting 

 was stopped on November .26tli by severe frost and a fall 

 of snow. On December 8tli hunting was again prevented 

 by frost for seven weeks, and on the night of the 22nd 

 the thermometer stood at two degrees below zero, and 

 there were twenty degrees of frost during the whole of 

 the next day. On January 23rd the thermometer was 

 again below zero. On many nights in succession there were 

 from twenty to twenty-five degrees of frost. Hunting 

 began again on January 2()th, with a fine day's sport 

 from Oxhill Covert. 



